Raphael Vasquez, a Transgenter Woman, Has Had Difficulty in Her Life - She's Been Involved in This Case for Four Years Now?

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i spoke to raphaella vasquez for nearly seven hours at her attorney's office. She has had a sense of sort of injustice and unfairness in the treatment of her throughout her life. For her, the spectre of going to prison is even more dire than it would be for just any other person. And so vaska, her experience since this case has just been like utterly trying to stay out of the public light. We're not able to talk about her feelings about the actual, you know that eleine died here. I'm glad we talked about her in this conversation. It's tough time for her - no matter what happens next. This case is incredible for her already

Paris Marx is joined by Lauren Smiley to discuss what we’ve learned about the Uber crash since in happened in March 2018, what that’s meant for the vehicle operator who’s been charged, and whether the justice system made the right call in blaming her instead of Uber.

Lauren Smiley is a WIRED contributor and freelance journalist based in San Francisco. Follow Laren on Twitter at @laurensmiley.

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Lauren interviewed Rafaela Vasquez and dug into the substance of the past four years of information on the Uber crash for WIRED.
Last summer, Vasquez’ legal team argued the grand jury hadn’t heard to full version of events before indicting her.
In 2019, the NTSB’s final report placed primary blame on the operator, but secondary blame on Uber, the pedestrian, and the state.
In 2015, Lauren wrote about the “shut-in economy” and social divides being entrenched by on-demand services.

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